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Karinderya Love Songs: A Novel
Karinderya Love Songs: A Novel

"We learn our lessons through the broken shards we pick up, piece by piece, later, when everything is over and apologies are realized too late."

2022

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John Pucay
John Pucay

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About Me — John Pucay

Karinderya Love Songs, my debut novel, is available on Amazon — “We learn our lessons through the broken shards we pick up, piece by piece, later, when everything is over and apologies are realized too late.” Karinderya Love Songs is a 2020s dating and sex literary fiction novel set in Baguio and Metro Manila, Philippines. …

About Me

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About Me — John Pucay
About Me — John Pucay
About Me

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The Memoirist

·Nov 25

How to Lose a Victory

Sometimes your morale makes all the difference — The gun fires and I start slowly, one small step after another. It is a mountain race through the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Phillippines. I’m not expecting to finish among the Top 3 runners — or to win a “podium” as they call it — but I want to…

This Happened To Me

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How to Lose a Victory
How to Lose a Victory
This Happened To Me

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The Narrative Arc

·Nov 23

I Found Comfort and Peace in the Darkness

The mountain is a strange, serene place at midnight — At midnight, I began my ascent of the 9000-foot mountain ranges of Nueva Vizcaya. It was early spring and the wind was chilly and the night was cold so I wore multiple layers of clothes and walked at a brisk pace just to keep warm. On my back hung a…

This Happened To Me

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I Found Comfort and Peace in the Darkness
I Found Comfort and Peace in the Darkness
This Happened To Me

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The Narrative Arc

·Nov 20

Three Things That Make a Life Fully Lived

Living to the fullest despite life’s difficulties and responsibilities — Some time ago, I met a guy in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. The guy is a chef from Oregon, and he had recently retired from actively managing his restaurant chain. He was traveling the world on vacation for the first time. …

This Happened To Me

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Three Things That Make a Life Fully Lived
Three Things That Make a Life Fully Lived
This Happened To Me

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The Narrative Arc

·Nov 15

The Nuances of Having Multiple Partners

Polyamory is never about dating more people — When my five-year relationship ended, I confirmed that I was polyamorous. It’s more natural for me to love and commit to several partners instead of one. It’s a feeling I’ve always suspected from an early age, even before I met my then-ex. …

This Happened To Me

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The Nuances of Having Multiple Partners
The Nuances of Having Multiple Partners
This Happened To Me

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The Narrative Arc

·Nov 14

A Man and a Child Died in an Accident I Survived

I am alive today while others are not — The first time I almost died, I was trying to save my then-closest friend from drowning in a pool. We were a group of high school friends at a pool resort. We hit the deepest pool even when some of us couldn’t swim. The pool had a long slide, which…

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A Man and a Child Died in an Accident I Survived
A Man and a Child Died in an Accident I Survived
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The Memoirist

·Oct 22

A “Paranormal Encounter” Forced Me to Connect With Someone I Like

It now gives me a confidence boost — When the call came, the first thought that struck me was: Is it happening? Is this like one of my teenage fantasies where my crush calls from out of nowhere saying she needs my help on something? And I’ll help her and we’d both fall in love in the process? …

Nonfiction

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A “Paranormal Encounter” Forced Me to Connect With Someone I Like
A “Paranormal Encounter” Forced Me to Connect With Someone I Like
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The Narrative Arc

·Oct 19

One Lucky Article That Changed My Life

The kindness of strangers helped me pay my rent and set my path to becoming a full-time writer — In the summer of 2019, I came across a group of university students wearing preppy summer dresses. The “summer ladies” were on one side of the pedestrian lane, and I was on the other. The afternoon sun cut through the skyscrapers in shades of orange and yellow. And as the…

Nonfiction

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One Lucky Article That Changed My Life
One Lucky Article That Changed My Life
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The Howling Owl

·Oct 18

The Unbearable Weight of Freedom

At 13 years old, Alice realized happiness was like an alien disease — At 13 years old, Alice realized happiness was like an alien disease to her. She was so used to hardship that her body didn’t know how to handle anything else. Every day after class, Alice helped her mother sell meat at the public market. On the weekends, while her classmates…

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The Unbearable Weight of Freedom
The Unbearable Weight of Freedom
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Writers’ Blokke

·Oct 13

If You Read Only One Fiction Book This Year, Read this

A list of “useful” fiction books — “Popular fiction nowadays is not useful.” This is what my friend said when I asked why she stopped reading fiction books. She took an MFA and has published several books (fiction books, ironically) through a relatively large traditional publisher. …

Books

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If You Read Only One Fiction Book This Year, Read this
If You Read Only One Fiction Book This Year, Read this
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Author of Karinderya Love Songs; a 2020s dating and sex literary fiction novel. More details at johnpucay.com. Or https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3WF1YF8/

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